Support Git reftable reference backend
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help wanted
new bindings
- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
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- Forks
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Description
Git v3 will have reftable backend by default, and libgit2 already merged a PR for reftable support on main branch https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/pull/7117. git2-rs should find a way to help test the integration, at least as pull request and see if it can be seamlessly integrated.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the libgit2 reftable documentation and linked libgit2 pull request, then inspect how git2-rs exposes and tests reference backends. Determine a workable integration test or pull request, with done meaning reftable support can be tested and integrated seamlessly in git2-rs.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, rust
- Domain
- backend, devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100